Jovocop wrote:
Unless Booth, Malhotra, and/or Kesler are/is on LTIR, the Canucks need cap space to get a decent third line centre. Ballard's $4.2m cap hit might be a good start.

Why wouldn't Booth & Malhotra be on IR/LTIR?
Doesn't seem like Booth will be back anytime soon

And a deadline pickup doesn't need the same cap space as if they were here the whole year

LTIR only applies if the team goes over the salary cap.

I think that if we added a guy like Dubinsky or whoever, we could THEN put Malhotra or Booth on LTIR, which allows us to go OVER the cap by the value of their contracts. It doesn't, however, remove them from the cap.

Just curious, with the Canucks having so many injuries to high priced players like Kes, Booth and Malhotra, do their salaries still count towards the cap? Just wondering if their time missed gives us more cap space to trade for a player?

Todd Bersnoozi wrote:Just curious, with the Canucks having so many injuries to high priced players like Kes, Booth and Malhotra, do their salaries still count towards the cap? Just wondering if their time missed gives us more cap space to trade for a player?

They can go over the cap by the amount of the long term injured player to pay for a replacement.

But...I don't think Kesler or Booth or Malhotra are on LTIR at the moment.

I think they are in just on IR, meaning the roster spot is available but with no relief from the cap at this time.

There is some question about malhotra being able to go on LTIR I believe

Jovocop wrote:
Unless Booth, Malhotra, and/or Kesler are/is on LTIR, the Canucks need cap space to get a decent third line centre. Ballard's $4.2m cap hit might be a good start.

Well aren't Booth and Malhotra in fact on the LTIR for the rest of the season??

$3.3Mil of Ballard's cap hit would still apply if he were with the Wolves.

Saaaay... what's Sammy "SHUTDOWN" Pahlsson doing these days?

Missed most of the season due to injury, but has played some 25 games for Modo, who were just eliminated in the playoffs, so yeah, he might be available. He does have a contract with Modo for next season, but I'm sure they could agree to lend him to the Nucks for the off season, which just started.

But if we're looking in the SEL, I'd be inclined to also take a long hard look at Jason Krog. Sure, he wasn't all that in the NHL, but he has more than 200 NHL games under hs belt and he put up some nice numbers as captain for the Wolves in 09/10 and 10/11, and has continued to do so for HV71 in the SEL since; 83 points in 105 games and another 7 in 8 playoff games. He had the best face-off stats in the SEL last season (60.9%!) and his team is down 3-1 against Linköping in the Swedish quarter finals. One more loss and his season ends. Do the Canucks still retain his rights?

I saw a tweet of Kuzma's article in the Province today where he throws out the idea of Loungo for Ribeiro. How's that for a rental. One snippet is, "The Canucks would be hard pressed to find a player that would impact their team more." I see how it would make us better in the short term, but man is that ever a short sighted idea.

How awesome would it be if Loungo was traded for a rental player......

Honestly, if all that Gillis can get at the deadline for Loungo is an upcoming UFA, then count me in with the lets go for a lottery pick this year crowd.

Brick Tamland wrote:I saw a tweet of Kuzma's article in the Province today where he throws out the idea of Loungo for Ribeiro. How's that for a rental. One snippet is, "The Canucks would be hard pressed to find a player that would impact their team more." I see how it would make us better in the short term, but man is that ever a short sighted idea.

How awesome would it be if Loungo was traded for a rental player......

Honestly, if all that Gillis can get at the deadline for Loungo is an upcoming UFA, then count me in with the lets go for a lottery pick this year crowd.

What if Ribeiro were to agree to an extension or sign a new deal here? Then would you go wop for wop?

^ We would need a back-up for sure, but I'm sure we would be riding Cory/Luo (whichever is left) for the remaining 12 regular season games in that situation, so it wouldn't need to be somebody who'd be expected to play a bunch. There's only one back-to-back situation after the trade deadline.

Brick Tamland wrote:I saw a tweet of Kuzma's article in the Province today where he throws out the idea of Loungo for Ribeiro. How's that for a rental. One snippet is, "The Canucks would be hard pressed to find a player that would impact their team more." I see how it would make us better in the short term, but man is that ever a short sighted idea.

How awesome would it be if Loungo was traded for a rental player......

Honestly, if all that Gillis can get at the deadline for Loungo is an upcoming UFA, then count me in with the lets go for a lottery pick this year crowd.

What if Ribeiro were to agree to an extension or sign a new deal here? Then would you go wop for wop?

I think if he was under contract for a couple of more years then the conversation would be more serious. My main issue is with his UFA status at the end of the year coupled with giving up Loungo for a rental UFA. Gillis should probably at least think about him this summer, just not at the trade deadline when the Caps may try to fleece someone by asking for a Kings Ranson.

Ribeiro has his fair share of warts, but there is no denying his skill level. He would make this team better.